The ORT is busy organizing events for the spring and summer and we would love to have trainees involved! We're seeking volunteers to engage in three different initiatives:

• ORT's Sustainability in Research webinar on April 29th
• Learning Sessions for the Undergraduate Summer Students
• UHN's 2nd annual Summer Seminar Series for high school students

For trainees seeking teaching or leadership experience, these are great opportunities to get involved and build relevant skills. Learn more about the initiatives and sign up as a volunteer here.

You can also add your name to a mailing list for future outreach opportunities and events!

The UHNPA is a volunteer group of current UHN postdocs dedicated to supporting all UHN postdocs. They'd appreciate if UHN postdocs could complete this anonymous survey to provide them information so that they tailor their future programming to your needs! 

This anonymous survey will take you less than 10 minutes to complete and will provide invaluable information about what the UHNPA can do to improve your research and social experience at UHN.

Complete the survey here.

April is Earth Month and to celebrate, UHN has prepared resources and learning experiences with chances to win prizes! There’s a lot to being green, so each week, there will be a manageable, free-range, organic tidbit on:

1. Energy & Water
2. Climate Change
3. Green Transportation
4. 5-R’s Waste Less
5. Food & Garden

More information here.

For many graduate students, effectively synthesizing figures that effectively communicate findings is key towards publication. This workshop, will discuss the key elements of effective figures design and specific computational strategies that graduate students can use to develop their own figures for publications. This workshop will provide detailed guidelines and information that graduate students can use to help create high quality figures, conceptual diagrams, and graphical abstracts for publication in the natural sciences using freely available software like Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and R statistical computing.

More information and registration here. Interested individuals that are not U of T graduate students can register by emailing 
sgs.gcac@utoronto.ca.

KITE's FIBRE program invites you to an interactive workshop for scientists, clinicians, researchers, designers, trainees and other professionals working in multi-disciplinary spaces toward developing innovative health care solutions. In this first workshop, they will introduce the fundamental concepts of human-centred design in the context of health care. Attendees will participate in immersive activities to learn how these principles can be incorporated into health-related research for textile-based solutions and beyond.

More information and registration here.

The goal is to foster cross-disciplinary discussions in support of convergence, which is the integration of approaches from engineering, science, medicine and other fields to expand knowledge and spark innovation. The researchers will discuss how their unique perspectives, knowledge and ideas inform their work, and how their diverse approaches intersect and complement one another to advance regenerative medicine.

More information and registration here. 

You Belong is a student-run virtual conference, supported by the Graduate and Life Sciences Education (GLSE). Graduate students are faced with unique challenges that can often lead to feelings of Imposter Phenomenon, a pattern in which they doubt their own skills or belonging. Experiencing this alone can be accompanied by poor mental health and not paying attention to wellness. At “You Belong”, a live event via Zoom, we will explore these feelings through shared experience, build new connections, and learn strategies to care for our bodies and minds. With keynote address by Dr. Shelly Dev, a panel discussion of diverse speakers, and an interactive wellness workshop, we hope this conference will bring new attention back to our wellness and help us crush our inner-impostor. 

More information and registration here.

More information and registration here. 

A well-written LinkedIn profile is one of the most important online presences that every job seeker should have. It is your very first “pitch” to hiring manager and recruiter who may search for candidates online.

Transform Your Future invites you to a webinar that will cover why you should have a LinkedIn profile, creating a profile that stands out to recruiters, and expanding your network on LinkedIn. 

More information and registration here.

The Life Sciences Career Expo conference is aimed at bringing together life sciences trainees with educators, researchers, industry partners, and government stakeholders that have a common interest in educating and preparing the next generation for diverse careers. There will be a variety of sessions to help enhance your educational and professional development, including keynote and career panel discussions, company spotlight presentations, professional development workshops, job simulation workshop series, coffee chats, practice interviews, company booths, and more!

More information and registration here.